EF0 tornado in Craven County, North Carolina

Tornado April 13, 2020 · Craven County, North Carolina

EF0

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Damage was found to trees and fences, and some minor roof and aluminum carport damage in Havelock, NC, indicative of an EF0 tornado. The damage was localized around Greenway Court, Pinecone Lane, and Melody Lane in a residential neighborhood east of highway 70 on the northwest side of Havelock. Maximum sustained winds were estimated at 75 mph. The tornado had a path length of roughly one quarter mile, with a maximum path width of 75 yards. No injuries or fatalities occurred with this tornado.

The wider storm

A line of strong to severe thunderstorms with embedded tornadoes swept through Eastern North Carolina during the morning hours between sunrise and noon. Widespread reports of wind damage, including tornadoes, were observed. Six total tornadoes occurred, 5 EF0's, and 1 EF1.

Began near Cherry Pt Usnr (34.8988, -76.9273).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

5 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Onslow County EF0 Jones County EF0 Washington County EF0 Jones County EF0 Beaufort County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 876632. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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